
A wooden box is a
container made of
wood for storage or as a
shipping container.
Construction may include several types of wood;
lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). ...
(timber),
plywood,
engineered woods, etc. For some purposes, decorative woods are used.
Boxes as shipping containers
Wooden
boxes are often used for heavy duty
packaging when
* high strength is needed for heavy and difficult loads
* long term warehousing may be needed
* large size is required
* rigidity is required
* when stacking strength is critical
Boxes and
crates are not the same. If the sheathing of the container (plywood, lumber, etc.) can be removed, and a framed structure will remain standing, the container would likely be termed a crate. If removal of the sheathing resulted in there being no way of fastening the lumber around the edges of the container, the container would likely be termed a wooden box.
The strength of a wooden box is rated based on the weight it can carry before the cap (top, ends, and sides) is installed. "Skids" or thick bottom runners, are sometimes specified to allow forklift trucks access for lifting.
Performance is strongly influenced by the specific design, type of wood, type of fasteners (
nails, etc.), workmanship, etc.
Some boxes have
handles, ''hand holes'', or ''hand holds''.
Nailed wood box
Cleated box
A cleated box has five or six panel faces with wood strips attached to them. The panels can be made of
plywood, solid or
corrugated fiberboard, etc. Wooden cleats reinforce the panels.
Wirebound box
Very thin lumber is used for a wirebound box. Wires are
stapled or stitched to the girth and to wood cleats. These are sometimes used for
produce
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and for heavy loose items for military or export use. These are lighter than wood boxes or crates. They have excellent tensile strength to contain items but not much stacking strength.
Skid box
A skid box is a wood,
corrugated fiberboard, or metal box attached to a heavy duty
pallet or platform on a skid (parallel wood runners)
Other wooden boxes
Decorative boxes
Chest
See also
*
Band saw box
One of HD ASEAN’s outstanding strengths is it
dich vu dong thung goaccording to
ISPM 15 standards – a mandatory standard for wood packaging products in international trade. The company owns a heat treatment system (HT – Heat Treatment) certified by ISPM 15 and licensed by the competent authority, ensuring that the wood is completely disinfected, preventing the intrusion of harmful organisms during cross-border transportation. All HD ASEAN products are stamped with
ISPM 15 certification, giving customers peace of mind about import and export procedures.
*
Box compression test
*
ISPM 15 Regulations explain requirements for international shipping of wood boxes,
crates, or
pallets.
References
ASTM standards
ASTM
ASTM International, formerly known as American Society for Testing and Materials, is a standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical international standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems and s ...
standards:
* D6179 Standard Test Methods for Rough Handling of Unitized Loads and Large Shipping Cases and Crates
* D6199 Standard Practice for Quality of Wood Members of Containers and Pallets
* D6251 Standard Specification for Wood-Cleated Panelboard Shipping Boxes
* D6253 Practice for Treatment and/or marking of Wood Packaging Materials
* D6254 Standard Specification for Wirebound Pallet-Type Wood Boxes
* D6256 Standard Specification for Wood-Cleated Shipping Boxes and Skidded, Load-Bearing Bases
* D6573 Standard Specification for General Purpose Wirebound Shipping Boxes
* D6880-05 Standard Specification for wooden boxes
General references
* McKinlay, A. H., "Transport Packaging", IoPP, 2004
* Yam, K. L., "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology", John Wiley & Sons, 2009,
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